The last part of Martin Scorsese's religious trilogy, I am very satisfied. For hundreds of years, how many Western missionaries have persisted in preaching all over the world, and how many pictures of the tragic stories of missionaries who were forced to abandon their religion in Japan! The film shows this history and character that we rarely know about. The whole film was shot in Taiwan, and I heard that the selection of the scene was helped by Ang Lee.
The three directors of the new American films are at the same age as the fourth generation of Chinese films. Martin was born in 42 years like me, Spielberg was born in 46 years, Coppola was born earlier, and was born in 39 years; they are the firsts like us. Acting as a director who became a talent after graduating from a regular film school, Martin graduated from NYU NYU, Coppola is UCLA, and Spielball heard that he was an auditor at the USC Film School of Southern California Film School because of his good friend director. Lucas is an official student there. Of course, they are luckier than us. They entered production practice soon after graduation, and they produced works that attracted the attention of the industry in their 20s. And we, in the late 1970s, only returned to the city in our 30s, and we just started the practice of filming and teaching. At that time, Martin had brought his "Taxi Driver" (1976), which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, to Beijing to communicate; Coppola’s "The Godfather" (1972), "Dialogue" (1974), and "Apocalypse Now" "Record" (1979), Spielberg's "Jaws" (1975), and "Aliens" (1982) have also become our favorite classic textbooks for the fifth generation of movies that are studying in college.
Nearly forty years have passed. Apart from Huang Jianzhong and Teng Wenji, who are the fourth-generation directors in China who are still in the TV series, they have basically retired completely, and no one has the opportunity to make movies. But these old directors in the United States are still working, and they continue to use their works to make sounds. Take Martin as an example. In 2011, at the age of 69, he filmed the amazing fantasy film "Hugo". In 13 years, it was the "Wolf of Wall Street" that caused great controversy. In 2016, it was this two-hour four-hour movie. The ten-minute historical masterpiece "Silence" is now working with Di Leonardo for the sixth time in the new film "White City Devil". It seems that as long as he is in good health, it is estimated that he will not rest at the age of 80 or 90. Shoot one in two or three years, insist on using your own artistic style and language, shoot your favorite themes, and talk about what you want to say. "Silence" is his third work on religious themes and characters after "The Last Temptation of Christ" and "Kundun". Although the first two films were exposed to considerable controversy and pressure, he still insisted self.
Envy, jealous, but not hate. Everyone has his own life. Thank you for the hard work of these fellow directors!
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